Human Rights

The crimes against humanity indictment of a former Gambian army soldier in Germany has been hailed as an important step in international justice. In a joint press statement released on...

Former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has been appointed to head an international commission of experts mandated to investigate allegations of violations and abuses of human rights, and humanitarian...

Justice conversations in Africa are complex, emotional, multifaceted, and highly nuanced. Justice is embedded in the society’s political, social, and economic structures. It was inherited through the colonial-era system, which...

The Burundi government’s failure to give a reliable account of the cause and casualties of a fire that razed a block at Gitega’s central prison on December 7, 2021 has...

The presence of Russian mercenaries in the Central Africa Republic has continued to stir up controversy, the latest of which is the United Nations’ investigation into claims that they were...

Yahya Jammeh and the Junglers bear full responsibility for the crimes and human rights violations committed against journalists, media practitioners, the media, and freedom of expression, and should be prosecuted...

Journalists and media workers continue to face great danger in the course of their duties, with 55 of them reported to have been killed in 2021 in connection with their...

As had been widely expected, the report of The Gambia’s Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, which was finally released to the public on December 24, 2021, has former president Yahya...

The truth commission wants former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh prosecuted for crimes against humanity for the widespread human rights violations that characterised his 22-year dictatorship. The commissioners have recommended that...

Now that the final report of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in The Gambia is out and its recommendations known, the families of the victims of former president Yahya...